Madrona Venture Group is an American venture capital firm, founded in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Madrona specializes in seed, startup, Series A and early stage investments. Madrona has made 143 investments in 75 companies.
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Company
Madrona has invested in the information technology sector including consumer internet commercial software and services, cloud computing, digital media and advertising, wireless, networking, mobile, and infrastructure sectors. As of 2015, more than 90% of the firms investments were in companies based in the Pacific Northwest.
In 2012, Madrona raised a $300 million fund.
In 2014, Madrona Venture Group launched a startup studio, Madrona Venture Labs, as an in-house startup incubator.
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Staff
- Tom Alberg is a founding managing director, and a director for Amazon.com.
- William Ruckelshaus, former United States Deputy Attorney General, is a strategic director.
- John W. Creighton Jr. is a strategic director.
- Gerald Grinstein is a strategic director.
- Oren Etzioni, professor of computer science and executive director of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, is a venture partner.
- Dan Weld, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, is a venture partner.
- Matt McIlwain is a managing director.
Investments
The companies that Madrona has invested in include:
- 2nd Watch
- Animoto
- Apptio
- Context Relevant
- Jama Software
- Julep
- Mixpo
- Netbot
- Redfin
- Rover.com
- Seadragon Software
- Shippable
- Skytap
- Smartsheet
- Teachstreet
- Z2Live
Notable former employees
- Kris Engskov, now Starbucks director of public policy
- Greg Gottesman, now Pioneer Square Labs managing director
References
External links
- Official website
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